Inequality and old age / John A. Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vincent, John A., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Social aspects--United States.

Aging.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Older people--United States.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of ageing in relation to identity formation, inequality and stratification. The book outlines a theory of social inequality which encompasses those inequalities associated with old age - in addition to class, gender, race and ethnicity.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate sociology courses in social stratification and social theory, as well as students and researchers in social policy, social welfare and health with an interest in the study of ageing.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Social inequality and the ageing process; Being old in different societies: varieties of ways to be an elderly person; Changing life-course patterns; Old age and the symbolic order; Social theories of inequality: gender, race, class and age; Numbers and justice: who's afraid of an ageing population?; Social theories of ageing; The reproduction of inequality: power, structured dependence and the life course; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-36793-0

0-203-29220-0

1-135-36794-9

1-280-06798-5

0-203-21475-7

9780203214756

OCLC:

475891744